Matt Helliker makes the first ascent of Race (E9 7a) at Priest Cove, Kernow in Cornwall.

After the Budapest leg of the OQS over the weekend Erin McNeice, Molly Thompson-Smith and Hamish McArthur have all secured qualification and will now join Toby Roberts in Paris in August.

In challenging times for the organisation, Dominic Oughton was elected as the new British Mountaineering Council President at its annual general meeting recently.

Jim Pope has recently ventured up to the high moorland gritstone edges of Kinder Scout and Wimberry to add a new E9 and repeat an E7 and iconic E8.

Celebrate the best of climbing this summer with a first-ever London edition of The North Face Climb Festival. See some of the world’s top climbers go head-to-head in Deep Water Solo climbing.

Shauna Coxsey has repeated Giuliano Cameroni’s stunning problem Hazel Grace (Font 8B+) at Gotthard Pass in Switzerland to make it her third Font 8B+ this year.

Para climber Jesse Dufton has broken new ground in climbing by becoming the first blind climber to lead a rock climb of the iconic Devil’s Tower in Wyoming, USA.

Steve McClure has repeated the north Wales test piece Mission Impossible (E9) at Gallt Yr Ogof in the Ogwen Valley.

In an open letter to members, recently appointed BMC CEO Paul Ratcliffe sent news of a loss of £625k in 2023 and reserves down to £217k.

25-year-old Slovenian climber and serial World Cup winner Janja Garnbret has joined the small cluster of women who have climbed Font 8C with an ascent of Bügeleisen Sit in Maltatal, Austria.

Climbing on home turf in Salt Lake City, US climber Natalia Grossman overcame injury and secured her tenth Boulder World Cup Gold.

Shauna Coxsey has climbed The Boss (Font 8B+/V14) at Yarncliffe Edge in the Peak District making her the first woman to climb the grade on British soil.